Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SERICINS
Noun
sericins
plural of sericin
Source: Wiktionary
SERICIN
Ser"i*cin, n. Etym: [L. sericus silken.] (Chem.)
Definition: A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water; -- called also silk gelatin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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